Hurd’s advice for Dez Bryant

Two years removed from dealing with a high ankle sprain sprain, San Antonio’s Sam Hurd was one of the first Cowboys to offer rookie wide receiver Dez Bryant advice after he went down Friday afternoon.

“I told him get to the doctor and see him six or seven times a day, don’t leave his side, don’t come out here and try to look at practice, stay in there and get back,” Hurd said. “You can get back quicker if you don’t waste any time.”

While it’s not known whether Bryant will fully heed Hurd’s advice, the Cowboys are optimistic the former Oklahoma State star will make a speedy recovery from a high right ankle sprain expected to sideline him four to six weeks.

“He’s a young guy and you’d bet that he’d be on the downside of it,” Jerry Jones said Saturday.

Bryant, though, apparently didn’t listen to Hurd, who missed the first three games of the 2008 season with a high ankle sprain.

I’m talking about Bryant spending the last 30 minutes of practice standing on the field with his teammates. Even Jones walked over to him to tell him staying off the leg is the best thing he could do to speed his recovery.